Sunday, June 6, 2010

Tabouli Salad with Toasted Pita Bread

Time from Prep to Eating: 15 minutes

What You Need:
Large bowl for mixing
1 cookie sheet lined with tin foil

The Stuff:
½ cup bulgar wheat (cook as directed on box)
½ cucumber, thinly diced
1 large vine tomato, thinly diced
¼ white onion, thinly diced
1 small garlic clove, pressed
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of ½ lemon
3 cups packed parsley, chopped
¼ tsp pepper
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
4 pita pockets
Sprinkle cumin and chili powder

Here’s What You Do:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Lay the pita pockets on the foil lined cookie sheets and lightly coat the pita with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle of cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Bake in the oven for approximately 10 minutes.

In the meantime, mix together all of the ingredients (from the bulgar to the extra virgin olive oil) in a large mixing bowl.

Serve the tabouli salad with the toasted pita.

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